Decorating device.



PATENTED JAN. 30, 1906.

J. GRUBER. DECORATING DEVICE.

APPLICATION FIL ED NOV. 14, 1905.

WITNESSES:

JOSEPH GRUBER, OF NEWARK, NEl/V JERSEY.

DECORATING DEVICE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 30, 1906.

Application filed November 14:, 1905- $erial No. 287,221.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, J osnrn: GRUBER, a 'citizen of the United States,residing at Newark, in the county of Essex and State of New J ersey,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Decorating Devices;and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being hadto the accompanying drawings, and to numerals of reference markedthereon, which form a part of this specification.

The objects of this invention are to facilitate the work of decoratingrooms, such as the rooms of churches, halls, private houses,

1 &o.; to provide a device that can be readily employed in festooning orotherwise arranging flowers, leaves, candles, &c. in such decoratingoperations; to provide an inexpensive holder suitable for the purpose,and to secure other advantages and results, some of which may behereinafter referred to in connection with the description of theworking parts.

The invention consists in the improved decorating appliance or apparatusand in the arrangements and combinations of parts of the same, allsubstantially as will be hereinafter set forth, and finally embraced inthe clauses of the claim. Referring to the accompanying drawings, inwhich like numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in each ofthe several fig ures, Figure 1 is a front elevation of my improveddevice, showing a short section or part thereof, it being understoodthat the structure may be indefinitely extended to suit variousconditions. Fig. 2 is a section of the same, taken at line as, showingmore clearly a forwardly-projecting arm of the device removably arrangedin place. Fig. 3 is an elevation or plan of the parts shown in Fig. 1,said parts being folded together for purposes of transportation, &c.Fig. 4 is a section taken at line y, Fig. 1.

In said drawings, 5 5 5 indicate narrow strips of metal, preferably ofsheet-tin, the opposite longitudinal edges of which are preferablyfolded or doubled to provide additional strength and to present to thehands in handling a rounded surface, tending to prevent the metal fromcutting. Said strips of metal are riveted together at opposite ends andare adaptedfito turn pivotally on the rivets 6 to permit of the devicebeing folded for facking and transportation and to enable sa1 conditionspresented in the operation of decorating. Upon the said rivets 6,holding said sections 5 together, are also arranged transverse strips 7and 8, the strips 7 being considerably longer than the strips 8, asindicated in Figs. 1 and 4. The opposite ends of said transverse strips7 and 8 are curled to form receptacles 9, in which the stems of flowers,leaves, candles, or other decorative articles may be inserted. Saidtransverse strips are adjustable on the rivets, so as to meet thevarious conditions arising in decorating, but are held at any desiredposition by the'frictional contact of the heads of the rivets 6. Thusthe shorter and longer strips may sometimes lie parallel and togetherwhile in use, and under other conditions they may lie crossing oneanother, as convenience or taste maydictate. Upon the same pivotalrivets 6 are also secured clips 10. These said clips are also of sheetmetal and are resilient, so as to bear with considerable pressure attheir upper extremities against the arms 11, as shown in Fig. 2, thesaid clips 10 being slightly bent about midway of their length, so as toincrease the pressure for the purpose of holding the projecting arms 11separably in place.

The forwardly-proj ecting arms 1 1 consist of bent and twisted strips ofmetal, preferably tin, having a curved socket or receptacle 12 for thestemsof the flowers, leaves, candles, or the like at the projecting end,and at the opposite end having a downward bend or extension 13, Fig. 2,adapted to enter between the clip 10 and the vertical strip 5. Thepressure of the clip holds the arm 11 in horizontal position, asindicated.

The various stripsfor sections of metal riveted together as describedmay be extended indefinitely, the number of parts being in creased tomeet the varying conditions, and when the said strips or pieces arebrought together in suflicient numbers the extended device can be coiledaround columns or festooned from one side of a room to the 0 p0 siteside or be suspended in straight ines from elevated parts, or beotherwise employed at will, either in straight, curved, or zigzag linesto suit a wide range of various conditions. k

Having thus described the invention, what I claim as new is- 1. Thecombination with a series of pivotdevice to accommodate itself tovarious IIO outer extremities, and forwardly-projecting flower-holdingarms separably attached to %he longitudinal strips, substantially as setorth.

4. The combination With the longitudinal strips pivotally securedtogether, of long and short transverse strips having receptacles fordecorative articles at their opposite projecting extremities,substantially as set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand this4th day of November, 1905.

JOSEPH GRUBER. Witnesses:

CHARLES H. PELL, ETHELWYN PELL.

